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💞We’ve gone PINK in support of breast cancer research💞   Together with The Grocery Girls and Louie & Lola Yarns, with the support of our generous friends in the fibre arts community, we’re hosting a fundraiser / giveaway event to raise awareness funds for breast cancer🎗 Donate for a chance to win daily knitty prizes and one of EIGHT grand prizes, featuring: ✨ our new Hope & Sunshine bundle, featuring a rose ribbon mini bucket bag, the new very special Hope & Sunshine sock pattern by @just_tracie and coordinating colourway skein set by @louielolayarns ✨a T&M Needle Binder ✨3 rosy skein bundles by North America’s finest indie dyers ✨ a pink ribbon T&M leather pochette ✨ a pink ribbon T&M Notions Clutch ✨ the very last Fleurs des Champs limited edition wine pochette and @julie_asselin Leizu trio ** TO ENTER ** From now until October 29th, Donate to the T&M and Grocery Girls joint fundraiser page T&M + GG Fundraiser       Each day’s donors will be entered into the daily raffle prize draw, from which both we and Tracie & Jodi will each draw a winner. All donors will be entered into the grand prize drawing on Saturday, October 29th at 12pm EDT / 10am MDT 🏆 For more chances to win, be sure to donate to our Aussie counterpart Karina Moore’s fundraiser page also, there are some truly spectacular bundles up for grabs! Be sure to follow @louielolayarns on Instagram for details! Set your alarms for 12pm EDT / 10am MDT/ 10am AEDT not only for the grand prize drawing but also the launch of our Hope & Sunshine limited edition bundles, which will be available to purchase for $130CAD / $95USD in the Thread and Maple, Grocery Girls Knit and Louie and Lola Yarns web shops! We will all donate $20CAD/$25AUD from each sale to the fundraiser ☺️ Quantities limited, so don’t miss out! This couldn’t have been possible without the support of our generous sponsors. The incredible raffle prize bundles feature donations from these talented dyers, yarn shops and fibre artists: A HUGE thank you to our very generous sponsors and friends: The Good Shepherd CeCe's wool Dirty Water Dye Works  Sheep's Shed Foster Sheep Farm Junk Yarn Sonder Yarn Co. Scrumptious Purl Miss Babs Wool and Waves Knitting Loft Julie Asselin Gauge Dye Works Statement Junkie Brine Dyeworks Tanis Fiber Arts Neighbourhood Fiber Co. Kitty With A Cupcake Yarn Boler Black Purl Magic By The Lakeside The Crafty Jackalope Dimond Laine yarn Frankie Grey Fibres High Country Wool hue loco Knit Collage Lolabean Yarn Co. Mrs. Brown's Bags mYak Tibetan Fibers Pearadise Island Thank you all so much for your support, we’re so excited to share this with you! 💗 Donate to Enter    

We have teamed up with Scrumptiouspurl to raise funds to help the children of Ukraine go back to school this fall. We have created a very special Knit for Kids of Ukraine bundle, featuring Scrumptiouspurl self-striping yarn, our On the Go and new glass fused stitch markers, all themed blue & yellow for Ukraine's colours. We will be donating 15% sale proceeds to UNICEF and running a Needle Binder Giveaway for all donors to our fundraiser. At Thread & Maple, we have been touched by the war in Ukraine on a very personal level. I (Olga), was born in Ukraine and have family there. It breaks my heart to see the devastating effects of the war on Ukrainian cities, families and schools. Our team at T&M has unfortunately been impacted by this crisis directly as well. Each one of our leather pieces is handcrafted by our young and talented leather artisan team in Lviv. When the war first broke out, our workshop there had to close. Thankfully, the studio located in the Western-most major city and our team remains safe and sound. They set aside their leathercraft tools and put their skills towards fundraising, taking in displaced families and mass-producing Molotov Cocktails to be shipped to resistance groups in the East. We are inspired by their strength, resilience and courage in the face of such an incredibly challenging situation. They quickly returned to work, lovingly crafting needle binders, notions clutches and all our other leather pieces, enjoyed by many knitters, crocheters and fibre artists in Canada and around the world. We are grateful to be able to provide them this albeit temporary distraction from the war that continues to wage around them. They have handmade these beautiful denim blue & yellow On the Go's, available for a limited time in our shop. They can be purchased on their own or as part of our Knit for Kids of Ukraine bundles, along with coordinating Scrumptiouspurl yarn and glass fused stitch markers, which are also handmade in Ukraine by a family-owned small business. We will be donating 15% of sales of all these items to UNICEF's "Children in Ukraine" initiative, which delivers aid to hundreds of thousands of children in eastern Ukraine impacted by violence and unable to attend school. We are also hosting a fundraiser & Needle Binder giveaway to rally support for Ukraine's schoolkids from the fibre arts community and beyond. Get your giveaway tickets by donating via our fundraiser page or donation form at checkout. Get 1 entry for every $20CAD donated, winner will be drawn Sunday September 18th and announced here in this blog post as well as our Instagram page. DONATE & ENTER   BUY BUNDLE

The July T&M Maker Spotlight is on Karina Moore, creator of @louielolayarns in Tasmania. Karina brought Thread & Maple to knitters of Australia and we've developed a long-distance, yet close friendship since :)  Karina not only runs her own LYS, she also dyes an exquisite palette of complimentary tonal and variegated colourways on a range of gorgeous bases, including our fave Merino Silk Yak Fingering which we couldn't resist carrying in our own shop. She's recently had her first release of hand dyed spinning fibre as she continues on her fibre craft journey, learning to spin, weave and crochet. Karina is a true inspiration for us, as she is a talented creative spirit, skilled businesswoman and local community icon. L&L have been selected as Australia Post's Local Business Hero for 2022! Together with Tracie Millar, we have collaborated on two breast cancer fundraisers, which has been a true highlight for all of us. Karina brought together the Australian fibre arts community to raise over $20,000 for breast cancer research! We are fortunate and honoured to have connected with Karina has kindly shared some insightful Q&A's with the community. Q1: What advice would you give to someone starting to learn the dyeing process?Most definitely it would be to take detailed recipe notes for your colourways.  Whilst there's certainly creative value in dyeing just for fun and and by feel (and these can always be one-of-a-kind skeins) - it's often those OOAK colourways that you love the most and want to repeat, but without detailed notes they can be a challenge to replicate.  I think it's also about getting to know your dye pigments intimately.  One of the best pieces of advice I received from Hannah of Circus Tonic Handmade who taught me how to dye, was to stick with one dye brand and get to know how the strength and properties of each dye.  Every pigment will have it's own concentration and special properties.   Some will be more granular and others more powder like.  Some will be more concentrated and others easy to 'break', whilst others not so much.  It's about getting to know how each of your pigments will behave and which ones will be better for certain dyeing techniques such as speckling.  Developing an intimate understanding of your dye pigments will help in developing new colourways and achieving the results you are after.  I think it's about having fun and developing your own dyeing style & colour palette.  Dyeing what you love and what you are proud of is also important - you can't be everything to everyone, so getting to understand your own style is important and will bring you more creative fulfillment. Also appreciating that it's a creative journey, that there will be mistakes and that you'll evolve and change over time.  I look back now at some of my earlier colourways and ask myself 'what was I thinking' - but we all start somewhere and it's only through learning and spending time on developing our craft that we can later step back and appreciate the evolution in your own work and dyeing style.Q2: What do you find most rewarding about running your own business?I would say a couple of things.Firstly, it would be having the freedom to set my own creative direction and establish business processes that work best for myself and my customers - such as having fortnightly shop updates where I focus on dyeing up a complementary palette on one main yarn base, alternated with yarn club dyeing and dyed to orders.The other would be developing friendships and gettting to know customers, suppliers and others in the fibre community.  Given how passionate we all are about our crafting and the fact that we're located all over the world and what we've been through over the pandemic - having the opportunity to make online connections in the fibre arts interaction is more importrant now than ever.  Despite living and working from home in North West Tasmania, it's great to feel more connected than ever with our community and hearing that our yarns have brought enjoyment to people's projects and crafting is definitely the best part of being an indie dyer for me.Q3: What has been the biggest challenge for you and how have you tackled it?Trying (and failing) to teach my partner how to skein yarn, LOL!  Let's just say we gave up on that idea after a few weeks!Actually it was probably convincing him to let me take the plunge of quitting my full time job - to being self-employed and focusing 100% on Louie & Lola Yarns, but we got there in the end!It has also been learning to balance the demands of a small business with also setting aside 'off' time for myself.  When you work from home it can be all too easy to let your business take over your entire life, as there's something to be done - your to-do list is always there.I guess particularly in the early years when trying to build the business and get into a routine, my biggest challenge was learning to manage my time effectively - whilst also ensuring I set aside 'creative play time' in the dye pots and also time for my own personal crafting projects. ------------------------- Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us, Karina! We’re so happy to have had the opportunity to get to know you and work with you, you’re a true inspiration!Stay tuned for next month’s edition of Maker Spotlight! Meanwhile, check the L&L blog for our Q&A in reverse with Karina, where she turned the spotlight back onto us!

We'd like to invite you to celebrate Thread & Maple's 2nd anniversary! Two years ago today, we opened our virtual doors and we're thrilled to be ringing in our second year in business! For our birthday weekend, we'd like to send everyone a little thank you present. Buy anything in our shop July 2-3 and choose any set of bead heart or ring stitch markers as a free gift :)   Spend over $125 CAD and get a 2nd gift of a cherry wood needle gauge ruler, maple tape measure or bohemian bag tassel.   To claim your complimentary gift, simply add whatever you like to your shopping cart July 2nd 6am - July 3rd 11pm EST. A little gift box widget will be visible at the bottom right corner of your screen that will allow you to claim your gift and select your preferred colours. If you don't see it, not to worry, we will add your gift when we're preparing your order. You can note your gift preference in the 'special instructions' text box in the cart. If you've placed an order with us Wednesday-Friday this week, we sent you a gift with your parcel :)  We're also giving away a Rose Maker's Folio to one lucky winner drawn from a list of everyone who shares their birthday present wish in the comments of our Instagram post. If you're not on Instagram, you can participate by commenting on this blog post. Thank you so so much for being with us on this journey! We're excited to see what our next year brings and look forward to sharing it with all of you! - Sam & Olga  

One of the most rewarding things that we've been lucky enough to experience in our journey as Thread & Maple, is connecting with so many talented makers in the fiber arts community. There is nothing like seeing our creations play a supporting role in all the beautiful needlecraft projects in the hands of knitwear designers, indie dyers, test knitters, teachers and fiber enthusiasts all over the world. We feel deeply grateful for the opportunity to be part of your creative process, your commitment to self-care, your artistic expression. While perusing all the beautiful photos that you've all shared using our items while creating, we had this concept of a "Maker Spotlight". The idea is to connect with a maker who really inspires us and share their story with the community. The first person who came to mind is CeCe @stitch.witch.craft, who has taken our Needle Binder along on her crafting journey in the recent debut of her video series "Letters". This is a small excerpt of her absolutely stunning videography and storytelling.   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thread and Maple (@threadandmaple)     She has mastered the art of communicating the calm, connection and appreciation that stems from the creative process. Take a look for yourself on her YouTube channel Stitch Witch Craft We will be featuring CeCe’s selected works throughout the month of June, along with a Q&A where she will share her story. During the month of June, we will be sharing CeCe’s answers to some questions on her creative process to provide some advice and inspiration for fellow makers in the fiber arts community :)Q1: What is one piece of advice you’d give to someone starting out on a new project or creative endeavour?“Focus on what you need and on how you want the creative process to feel.I often have a specific creative mood I want to dig into (ex. romantic, bold, comforting) and I use that feeling to guide what I cast on. For example, what does a project that feels “romantic” look like? What kind of drape does the fabric have and what kind of yarn do I need to achieve it? Am I looking for the project to feel challenging and engaging as I work through it or do I need something slow and meditative? Asking “how do I want it to feel” when I wear a piece and as I make it helps align my creative drive with the project I am working on. It prevents me from feeling as if I am forcing a WIP that isn’t working for me. Be inspired by our broader knitting community but don’t knit something just because it’s new or trendy - knit what you need. “ Q2: What tools are indispensable for you in the art of making?“To be indispensable (for me) means that a tool minimizes barriers to my creative process. My big three tools are my needles, needle binder, and my yarn swift/winder. Together they decenter feelings like frustration or overwhelm and free up space for joy. I knew I needed an upgrade when I realized that most of the knitting frustration I experienced was me fighting my needles - poor quality cords and unreliable connectors took so much joy from the process. I found a set that worked for me and I’ve never looked back. My needle binder is part of why I’ve been able to do that - great needles don’t help much when you can’t keep track of them. My binder keeps everything organized and it is versatile enough that I can pull a page out to take my craft with me wherever I go. I love the confidence it gives me.Finally, someone once told me I should buy back time where I could afford to and that advice has been pivotal throughout my life. Having a swift and winder helps to protect my limited crafting time. I want to invest my energy in what fulfills me most. Between these three I worry less about “do I have enough time,” “where is that cord I need,” “is my needle disconnecting again” and more about “is this project fulfilling?” Crafting isn’t meant to be easy or perfect but I want my challenges to come from tackling a new technique or design - not my tools.  “ Q3: Where do you get your inspiration? Do you have a favourite trick or hack when brainstorming or ideating your next creative project?“Nature, always. I love how it is such a contradiction - delicate and strong, subtle and flashy, nurturing and challenging. I want to be as surrounded by nature as I can be and that’s where a lot of my creative drive comes from. I’ll watch the sunrise through the trees and think “it’d be so awesome to be wrapped up in this color” or see a fern and then end up at home looking up at lace patterns trying to find one that captures that look. I love the idea that even when I’m stuck indoors I can carry that connection to nature with me. But I am also trying to learn to respect the process. My biggest “trick” may seem a bit counterintuitive - but respect the ebbs and flows. With creativity or inspiration to craft - it’s natural that there be lulls at times. The worst thing I’ve found is applying pressure or guilt when you feel like you’re in a rut. We’re not meant to be endless sources of production or art. Let go. Rest periods are normal - and feeling like you’re in a rut is a signal that right now your job isn’t to produce art but to maybe…rest? That inspiration and creativity will come back, I promise. So respect the ebbs and flows.  “We are deeply touched and thankful for CeCe and all of you who have invited us into your home, your creative nook, your comfort space. ❤️ Thank you and stay tuned for next month's edition of Maker Spotlight!

May 20th marks the birthdays of two members of the T&M team: Olga & Stephanie! We are celebrating by offering 15% off each of their current favourite items in the shop: the Leather Necessaire (Stephanie's) and the Maker's Folio (Olga's). And since it's also a long weekend in Canada - woo hoo! - sale is on from Friday May 20th to end of day Monday May 23rd. --------------------------------------- We also wanted to share a quick update on our Needle Binder, as you’ll notice most binder pages are now out of stock in our shop.The good news is that our leatherwork team have been busy and we’ve got mountains of goodies ready for us. We have made a little bit of progress in finding a shipping option from Ukraine. Thanks to a good friend, we are able to route a few small parcels through the US. This means that we will have all pages back in stock within a couple of weeks.The bad news is that it will be a small batch, so they are likely to be gone quickly. We will send out a newsletter as soon as we’ve got them in. We are working on a long-term solution together with our team there and hope to have consistent and reliable supply this summer. We’ve also got a couple of new page designs almost ready from your page requests, which we’re excited to share ☺️ Until then, please bear with us, we are doing our absolute best 💙

Mother's Day is just around the corner, find the perfect gift and we'll take 15% off your entire order this weekend! We'll ship all weekend orders by Monday/Tuesday at the latest, so it should arrive just in time! 💕 Sale runs from Friday, Apr 29 3pm to Sunday May 1 11:59pm EST. Please note no other discount codes can apply simultaneously. As long as you checkout during the sale period, your discount will apply automatically :) Don't forget to pick up a card, here's our fave from Tophat & Monocle: SHOP GIFTS

We've been getting a lot of requests for our Needle Binders, so we wanted to give a little update for you all here. Firstly, we are very grateful that our leatherwork team in Ukraine are all safe and sound. We are so relieved and happy that our friends are in high spirits in the midst of this extremely difficult situation. We are in touch with them daily and they have chosen to continue working and creating beautiful leather pieces for us and for you. They are thankful for the opportunity to keep working, earning a living and having a distraction from the horrible events going on around them. The key challenge for us remains the status of the Ukrainian airspace with respect to commercial shipping carriers, as we have been unable to establish a reliable shipping method to receive parcels from them. Currently, we are out of stock of a key binder component, that is essential in building most Whiskey interchangeable needles pages, which is why you will find a lot of them sold out. We are not opening them for preorder until we are confident in a ship date for them. If you are considering purchasing the binder in Whiskey and your required page(s) are unavailable, we would recommend to hold off until all the pieces you want are back in stock on our website. The latest update we have is that our usual shipping option will become available again by the end of April, which means we should receive a restock by early to mid-May. We will send you an e-mail as soon as we have them in :) On behalf of Sam & I, our small team in Quebec and our talented leather workers in Ukraine, thanks so much for your continued support and choosing to shop with us!  

We're celebrating the long weekend with a fun giveaway and two special offers in our shop: 1. Buy any basket and get the second one half price 2. Buy any project bag, get an On the Go half price Simply add any 2 baskets or any project bag and an On the Go to your shopping cart and the discount will apply automatically. Sale runs from 12pm Friday, April 15th and 12pm Monday, April 18th Eastern time. Kindly note that our system only allows one discount offer per cart, so you won't be able to apply any other discount codes to your purchase. We thought it would be fun to run an Easter giveaway as well, featuring one of our Jute Baskets filled with these knitty goodies: - A limited edition sky-blue On the Go - Scrumptious Purl Stripe-Me-Up 3-colour superwash merino self-striping yarn - 3 skeins of T&M worsted weight yarn (Chamomile, Oatmeal & Ocean Spray) - An Easter egg with 12x bead ring blue stitch markers *Please note the bunny in the picture is a dear friend of baby Chet and is not part of the prize 😊 To enter: 1) Follow us on Instagram @threadandmaple and @scrumptiouspurl 2) Tag 2 friends in our giveaway post and share how you're spending the long weekend We will draw a winner from the comments on Sunday at 12pm EST, we look forward to hearing from you, good luck! If you're not on Instagram, please comment on this blog post to be added to the list of entrants. Open to residents of USA/Canada/UK/EU/Australia. This giveaway is not endorsed by Facebook or Instagram, just us! 👱🏼‍♀️👩🏻

Come for a quick tour of our booth @knitcitycanada! ☺️Big thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello, it was so great to meet you in person! There were so many gorgeous booths, it was such a pleasure to meet and reconnect with fellow vendors and friends in such an intimate and fun environment 💜 Thanks to all who purchased one of our special maple tape measures or clutches, we were able to donate over $500 to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation @lechildren 🏥Thank you @knitcitycanada for hosting such a vibrant and fun event! We’ll definitely be back next year and hope to see more of you face to face! 🤗

We're getting ready for Thread & Maple's first live event! We're so excited to be a vendor at Stitches West in California in just a few short weeks! We're packing everything but the kitchen sink, quite literally! As a result, our shop shelves are temporarily nearly bare, so you may find more items showing 'sold out'. Apologies for the inconvenience and do stop by again early March to snag any currently unavailable items you might be looking for. It's been a chaotic few weeks for us as this is our first show and the preparation work is definitely more than we bargained for! We know it will all be worth it to have the change to meet our customers and fellow makers. Check out our vendor page for the show here If you're planning to attend, pop by our booth 701, we'd love to meet you!    

Following our successful Go PINK campaign in June of this year, we've once again teamed up with Karina Moore founder of Louie & Lola Yarns in Australia and knitwear designer Tracie Millar to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research 🎗️ Together, we've created a beautiful new Pink Ribbon Bundle, for which Tracie has specially designed a gorgeous new cowl called 'Autumn Stripes'. Karina has dyed up a delicate rosy palette for Tracie's design in Guava, Champaigne and Goldfinch Merino Fingering. To complete the kit, we've created a limited edition Rose Leather Pochette, embossed with the breast cancer ribbon emblem. The Pink Ribbon Bundles are $225.00 CAD and go on sale in both Thread & Maple and Louie & Lola shops, Saturday October 30th at: 12pm EDT 11am CDT 10am MDT 9am PDT   We will donate $20 CAD to the Breast Cancer Research Fund from each sale, while Louie & Lola will be making the same donation to the Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation. Starting Saturday, October 23rd, we will be running a week-long breast cancer research fundraiser, entering donors into daily raffles for some incredible prizes generously donated by our friends in the fiber arts community. The fundraiser will culminate in announcing two grand prize winners on the following Saturday, October 30th, drawn from all the donors who made a contribution during the week. To enter our daily raffles and grand prize draw, simply make a donation of at least $5 to our BCRF fundraiser page between Saturday, October 23rd 12pm EST and Saturday, October 30th 12pm EST. Prize Pool Due to popular demand, we are also bringing back our Go PINK bundles for those who missed them in June! Click here for details. Thanks to a generous corporate donor, this month all donations to BCRF will be matched 2x, so our impact will be even more significant! Thanks so much for your support! Sam & Olga T&M Fundraiser Page      L&L Fundraiser Page

To promote breast cancer awareness this October, we're once again going pink with Karina Moore founder of Louie & Lola Yarns in Australia and knitwear designer Tracie Millar! In June of this year, we jointly raised over $10,000 for breast cancer research with our GO PINK Notions Clutch Bundle and fundraiser. The bundles sold out in both of our shops so quickly, that many missed out, so we're bringing them back for one last round!  These "Go Pink" knitter's bundles include a limited edition Rose Notions Clutch embossed with the breast cancer ribbon emblem, "Go Pink" Louie & Lola Sock Yarn Set & Tracie's "Coffee Talk" knitting pattern. They will be available for purchase here on Saturday, October 23rd @12pm EST, while quantities last. Karina will also have some available on the Louie & Lola website as well. SEE IN STORE We will donate $20.00 CAD to the Breast Cancer Research Fund from each sale, while Louie & Lola will be making the same donation to the Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation. Check out our fundraiser pages and help us reach our goal. Thanks to a generous corporate donor, this month all donations to BCRF will be matched 2x, so our impact will be even more significant! T&M Fundraiser Page L&L Fundraiser Page Thanks so much for your support! Sam & Olga

We're always on the lookout for like-minded fellow makers in the fiber arts community with whom to join forces for a good cause. We've been following Kemper Wray, creator extraordinaire of Junk Yarn and couldn't resist her vibrant unique style. Together, we've created this fun and bright "On the Fly" bundle, in support of The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. The kit features a limited edition sky blue On the Go notions wallet, complete with new matching navy mini scissors and blue beaded ring stitch markers. The perfect companion to bring 'on the fly' with you on your travels (now that there are travels once more!) Kemper has dyed up this vibrant special colourway, called Pegasus, with a coordinating blue mini, to complete this bright and fun sock set that we absolutely love! We've knit up a sample in Lisa K Ross' Uphill Downhill sock pattern, which turned out stunning with Kemper's colours! Not only do we love the resulting sock, but we had so much fun knitting this pattern - highly recommend! The On the Fly bundles are $117.00 CAD and go on sale in both Thread & Maple and Junk Yarn shops, Saturday October 9th at: 12pm EDT 11am CDT 10am MDT 9am PDT   10% from each bundle sale will go to The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women a non-profit that tackles the serious issue of violence against Native women and children, through policy advocacy, youth groups, community support and education resources.   We are shocked and saddened reading the numerous reports of the tragic stories about missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada. It is frightening to know that thousands of Native women and children have disappeared or been killed across a span of decades, without any justice. We stand behind organizations, such as CSVANW, whose mission it is prevention and intervention of violence against Native women. We hope to raise funds and awareness of these issues at home here in Canada, as well as abroad. We hope you enjoy our creation and thank you for your support! Sincerely, - Sam & Olga

We're honoured to present a very special collaboration with two very talented fiber artists, Julie Asselin and Ambah O'Brien! We've been longtime fans of Julie, a fellow Canadian maker, whose beautiful colourways expertly mirror those found in nature. When we approached her with the idea of a collab to debut our new project pochette, she immediately started brainstorming ways to incorporate elements of nature into the design. We took inspiration from Julie's love of wildflowers to create this limited edition version of our new project pochette in a gorgeous deep purple, with a delicate flowery inner lining. With fall just around the corner, we thought it would be the perfect time for a shawl, so we immediately thought of Ambah O'Brien, whose creativity knows no bounds when it comes to designing unique stunning shawls. Her Lilli Pilli design immediately stood out. Inspired by a purple flowering plant "Lilly Pilly", this shawl combines classic stripes with delicate lace pattern for a relaxed yet elegant look. Julie has hand-dyed a stunning palette of exquisitely soft Leizu fingering yarn, featuring Lavande, Biscotti and Sherwood colourways. Together with Ambah's Lilli Pilli shawl pattern and the new T&M project pochette, this beautiful "Fleurs des Champs" kit will be available for sale in both T&M and Julie Asselin shops, priced at $240.00 CAD, this Saturday, September 4th @3pm EDT. **These are still available in Julie's shop here** We will be donating $20.00 CAD from the sale of each bundle to Women for Afghan Women, a non-profit providing support services to women, children and families in Afghanistan. Thank you for enabling us to give back to those in need during these very challenging times. Best wishes from our families to yours! - Sam & Olga  

When Stephanie, Sam's mom & owner of Scrumptiouspurl, showed us her idea for her Christmas advent calendar special this year, we couldn't resist a collab! How adorable are these little socks!! 24 teeny tiny stripey socks to ring in the 24 days of Christmas and decorate your holiday nook! We thought, how fun would it be to pair these with an equally adorable little project bag and ta-daa! Meet our new mini bucket bag, making its debut in a limited edition crimson red: Handcrafted from the same soft quality leather as our Notions Clutch and other leather accessories, this little bucket tote is perfect to house your small project or wear as a purse/cross-body tote. Each kit contains the new T&M crimson mini bucket tote, mini sock pattern and 24 mini skeins in a curated assortment of colourways, each one perfect to knit up a little stripey advent sock! These limited edition kits are $250.00 CAD and vailable for preorder starting September 1st @12pm EDT, shipping October 15th. That should give you plenty of time to receive and knit up the advent :) As the summer months are coming to an end (sigh), we're excited to have something to look forward to when the chilly weather approaches. We hope you enjoy this little kit as much as we do! Warm wishes (in advance) to you and your loved ones! - Sam & Olga SEE IN STORE

The fibre arts community is brimming with talented awesome people and Adella Colvin is someone whom we've looked up to from day one. Founder of Lola Bean Yarn Co., she dyes up some of the coolest, spot-on colourways time and time again. We couldn't be more excited to partner with LBYC to bring you this very special limited edition Green Bean Go bundle! We've dressed our On the Go in a beautiful green and co-branded it with her iconic and ridiculously adorable Lola Bean logo. Adella has dyed up an exclusive Bean Sprout sock set, with a full skein called "Thread & Maple" and a mini in one of her popular favourites "Gritty." We've knit up a sample in Denise Desantos' Soxploration sock pattern. If you're new to sock knitting, Denise has you covered! She's got a way of explaining socks like no one else. Check out her No Fear Sock Knitting class on Youtube, you'll see what we mean! The Green Bean Go bundles are $110.00 CAD and go on sale in both Thread & Maple and LBYC shops, Saturday August 14th at: 3pm EDT 2pm CDT 1pm MDT 12pm PDT   We will have a link to them from our homepage at go time (pun fully intended!) $12.50CAD/$10USD from each bundle sale will go to The Hunger Project, a non-profit that tackles the devastating issue of world hunger, through empowering women in impoverished communities. This holistic and thoughtful approach really hit home, when we read about the statistics of hunger and poverty worldwide. A shocking 690 million people in the world are chronically undernourished - imagine, when juxtaposed with all the waste and excess we see in developed nations! 60% are women. 2/3 of the world's illiterate population is female and most of the school age children not in school are girls. Meanwhile, women bear most of the responsibility of providing the basic needs of their families, yet are denied access to critically important resources, information and freedoms. The majority of women in developing countries lack economic power, resulting in a higher rate of girls kept out of school, minimal access to basic health care, increased HIV/AIDS prevalence and higher maternal mortality rates. The Hunger Project works at the local community level, to provide women with much-needed resources, education and access to micro-financing to really make a sustainable impact for women and their families. Studies show that when women are supported and empowered, all of society benefits. Their families are healthier, more children go to school, agricultural productivity improves and incomes increase. In short, communities become more resilient. Unlike famines that receive emergency-aid, chronic hunger is a silent, invisible, day-after-day condition. We're deeply saddened when we read about the sheer scale and devastating effects of hunger and poverty in the world. But we're also hopeful, that there are organizations such as The Hunger Project, that tirelessly work to develop a really thoughtful and effective approach to put a sustainable end to world hunger. We feel very fortunate to have been born in a country where women are afforded the rights and opportunities to education, work and personal freedoms. We will strive to reach out and support those who are less fortunate, by connecting and sharing collaborations such as this. We hope you love our little Green Bean Go bundle as much as we love creating it! SEE IN STORE

It's been a little over a year since we opened our virtual doors. In that time we've amassed a collection of clutches, folios, on the go's, project bags and notions that we set aside for one reason or another. These are absolutely beautiful items that work perfectly, but may have minor scratches, discolorations, spots, or other imperfections that didn't pass our quality check. These items will be available to purchase at steep discounts up to 40% off! *The sale will start this Sunday, August 1st @3pm EST and run for 48hrs All seconds items will be available on the Seconds Sale page in the top menu. Notions Clutches and Folios are numbered and will have pictures showing the imperfection, so you will be able to select the exact item you like, as if you were shopping in our physical shop. The rest of the items will be grouped together with photos showing their common imperfections and you will receive one from the set. Kindly note that all seconds items are final sale. We hope that our perfectly imperfect items will find a good home and that you enjoy them for their uniqueness :) SHOP NOW *T&M members will get first pick with early-bird access to all seconds items 12pm-3pm EST. To become a member, sign up for an account on our website and subscribe to our newsletter. Log in on Sunday anytime between 12-3pm EST and you will see a Seconds Sale link in the top menu.